Drone and E-Bike Delivery for DIY Tools in Rural Germany
Germany-based drone delivery project LieferMichel recently announced a brand new partnership with Michelstadt-based DIY store PROFI MERTENS to deliver small items by an electrical cargo bike or by a Wingcopter delivery drone. Customers can select from a spread of objects weighing as much as 4 kg (8.8 lbs), from fasteners to screwdrivers and other small tools.
Founded in 1964, PROFI MERTENS is a third-generation family business within the Odenwald region that serves each business and individual customers.
The Wingcopter 198 delivery drone getting used has a spread of as much as 110 km and is specifically designed for wind resistance. The revolutionary design combines rotor and glued wing functionality and features extensive failsafes for max peace of mind, including two batteries and a redundant flight control system.
“We’re delighted to be a part of this revolutionary project and to have the opportunity to supply our customers in Würzberg and Rehbach a further service. When my grandfather opened our first store 90 years ago, he in a short time purchased a small van to have the opportunity to deliver to customers further away. Today, we make shopping easier for purchasers by flying orders for smaller goods to them by drone – a terrific development,” comments Stephan Mertins, Managing Director of PROFI MERTINS.
“It’s great that increasingly retailers from a wide selection of product categories are collaborating on this pilot project. This underlines the incontrovertible fact that firms, especially in rural regions, are open to recent approaches and are interested by how they’ll make life easier for his or her customers,” says Ansgar Kadura, co-founder and Chief Services Officer of Wingcopter.
Prof. Dr. Kai-Oliver Schocke, President of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, adds: “The project shows how vital it’s to produce the population in rural areas with all of the products they need every day!”
LieferMichel is a three way partnership by Wingcopter and the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) as a part of the “Modern Air Mobility” funding directive. The goal of the project is to explore drone delivery as a business project. Additional partners include the town of Michelstadt, REWE, Vodafone and Riese & Müller are also involved within the project.
More information on LieferMichel is obtainable here. More information on PROFI MERTENS is obtainable here (in German).
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